WESTERLO, Rensselaer, a Representative from New York;
born in Albany, N.Y., April 29, 1776;
was graduated from Columbia College, New York City, in 1795;
studied law;
was admitted to the bar and practiced;
elected as a Federalist to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1819);
was not a candidate for reelection;
resumed the practice of law;
died in Albany, N.Y., April 18, 1851;
interment in the Albany Rural Cemetery.